To perform reliably, flood-control channels must behave in a stable, predictable manner. This ensures that a known flow capacity will be available for a planned flood event. In most cases, the design ...

The entire 51-mile L.A. River flood control channel was built in 1938 in response to the destruction caused by a major flood. It was designed to serve three main purposes: keep flood water in the ...

IDS Engineering Group Dec. 9 presented three viable open channel alternatives for the ongoing Poor Farm Ditch project that ...

Imagine the Los Angeles River before its metamorphosis into a concrete flood control channel, and Mark Twain’s quip about falling into a California river and coming out “all dusty” might ...

Citing governance concerns and financial uncertainty, Valley Water is reconsidering its participation in a regional effort to improve flood control around the San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, ...